Shelve District, Shropshire, Costonian, Spy Wood Grit, Locality 6: Costonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Drabovia cf. fascicostata
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12 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Linoporellidae
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Salopia cf. salteri
(Davidson 1869)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella salopiensis
Williams 1974
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76 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Heterorthidae
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Heterorthis sp.
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Harknessellidae
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Horderleyella cf. plicata
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Salacorthis costellata
Williams 1979
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Platystrophia cf. major
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis viriosa
Williams 1974
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21 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Protorthida
- Skenidiidae
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Skenidioides cf. costatus
Cooper 1956
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Parastrophinidae
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Parastrophinella musculosa
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sparsa
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella multiseptata
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24 individuals | |||||||||
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= Sowerbyella multipartita
Williams and Cocks 1978
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Cocks 1978 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Glyptomenidae
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Bystromena perplexa
Williams 1974
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Kjaerina (Hedstroemina) sp.
Bancroft 1929
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Triplesiidae
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Bicuspina modesta
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50 individuals | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Trematidae
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Schizocrania salopiensis
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13 individuals | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Obolidae
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Palaeoglossa attenuata
(Sowerby 1839)
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Paterulidae
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Paterula cf. perfecta
Cooper 1956
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.7° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.8° South, 17.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Sandbian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4 |
| Key time interval: | Costonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 457.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Spy Wood Grit |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods only. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45278 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky, P. Wagner | Enterer: | A. Krug, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | A. Krug | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-18 13:05:50 | Last modified: | 2004-10-18 16:05:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-18 13:05:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11552. | A. Williams. 1974. Ordovician Brachiopoda from the Shelve District, Shropshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology), Supplement 11:1-158 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 56606 | L. R. Cocks. 2010. Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland. Palaeontology 53(5):1155-1200 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] | |
| 54464 | L. R. M. Cocks. 1978. A review of British lower Palaeozoic brachiopods. Including a synoptic revision of Davidson's monograph. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 549:1-256 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |